Green Bay’s early barrage of runs isn’t enough
FOND DU LAC, Wis. – The Green Bay Booyah fell on Friday to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders at a hot Herr-Baker Field, 15-7.
The Booyah were able to make contact and score runs early in the contest. Green Bay scored twice in the second, once in the third and four in the fourth inning. By the sixth inning, the Booyah held a 7-2 lead.
But the bullpen couldn’t neutralize the Dock Spiders. Fond du Lac scored 13 unanswered runs, six in the sixth and seven in the eighth.
For the Booyah, Johnny Hipsman (Richmond) and Dalton Pearson (Georgia State) combined for six of the team’s 15 hits. Tristin Garcia (Alcorn State) also recorded a multi-hit game. Matt Rivera (Harford CC) hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, the first Booyah player to go yard this season.
Mason Patel (Georgia State) pitched well in his first appearance of the season. He pitched four innings, giving up five hits, two runs, one earned run, one walk and three strikeouts.
The Booyah and Dock Spiders will complete their second series of the season on Saturday night. Logan Lee, who enters his third season with the Booyah, will get the start. It will be his first appearance of the summer. The Dock Spiders have not announced a starting pitcher. First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m.
Come to Capital Credit Union Park on Saturday for the game against the Dock Spiders as it will be Youth Sports Night. The first 500 kids 12 and under will receive a youth jersey presented by Capital Credit Union and WRFV Local 5. Kids will also run the bases postgame presented by Culver’s and Y100 FM. Lastly, there will be a postgame firework show presented by Pepsi.
The fun doesn’t stop there. Come to the ballpark on Sunday for our 1:05 pm game against the Lakeshore Chinooks. The Booyah will debut their new G.O.A.T.S jerseys as The G.O.A.T.S play on Sundays, presented by WDUZ The Fan. After the game, fans can play catch on the field postgame presented by Capital Credit Union. There will also be a Capital Credit Union logoed baseball giveaway. Don’t have tickets to that game? The Booyah have the Grand Central Station Family Four Pack available. This deal includes four tickets, four hot dogs and four Booyah hats. This $122 value is just $40.
Single game, group tickets and the all-new Fleet Farm Flex Packs are on sale now. The Fleet Farm Flex Pack includes six tickets that can also be used for any games this summer along with a $50 Capital Credit Union Park gift card, $10 Fleet Farm gift card and much more. Visit www.booyahbaseball.com or call the ticket office at 920-497-7225 to reserve your seats today. The Booyah front office at Capital Credit Union Park is located at 2231 Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm.
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